I can't tell if Gus is pleased or annoyed that Birch can crawl. B is suddenly very curious about Gus and goes over to poke him all day long. Birch is also C O V E R E D in dog hair all day, erry day now. And this means that whenever we pick him up, we get covered in it too. Heeeelllppp! I guess I need to up my vacuum game. Gus Tore His ACL We have some news on Gus. He went for a hike with ...
New Bathing Suits I ordered THREE suits from Albion Fit intending to return 1-2 and kept them all! They have the CUTEST suits. I don't know what is harder to fit on me: jeans or bathing suits. Rarely can I judge from just a look if they will work or not. But I got really lucky on these three. Hang Ten Crop Top - This suit top fits like a sports bra - I am totally obsessed. I can literally ...
I decided I wanted to make the healthiest muffin I could dream up. Why? Because I wanted to feed it to my child! And there's a secret ingredient. Read on to see what it is! I realized how good muffin "crumb" was for babies when I had one recently and pulled off little bits for Birch to eat. He LOVED IT! Since muffin is usually on the fluffy + spongy + soft side of the bread spectrum (aka no chewy ...
Happy Prime Day! How fitting that we went on a date night to Prime 109 this weekend. I didn't realize the coincidence until I was brainstorming a title for my weekend post! We are an Amazon lovin' family and have a lot of the Amazon devices in our house that are probably on sale today! We use the Cloud Cam + Echo Spot for our baby monitor. (Echo Spot is buy 2 save $40 for PD!) Both our living ...
Beautycounter's brand spankin' new anti-aging line, Countertime, came out this week, and I want to tell you all about it! My First Impression As soon as I got my hands on the six-piece collection, I couldn't wait to try it out. I've been using Countertime exclusively for the past few weeks and have nothing but rave things to say! I was using the Countermatch line before, which I liked a lot. ...
Remember when the blog world discovered sunflower seed butter? Nut butter fanatics everywhere went gaga. It was my favorite drizzle for over a year, and I barely ate peanut butter at all. I think the trend went like this: all kinds of crazy peanut butter --> almond butter --> multi butters --> sunflower butter --> --> Cookie butter --> full circle peanut butter When Mazen ...
^^My little stud 8 Months Old Birch is now 8 months old! He's going to be one before we know it. Guess I need to start planning his first birthday party! I asked Mazen what theme we should plan and he said "Duh. Birch theme" matter-of-factly. I think that one's a given :mrgreen: Remember Mazen's mason jar party?! On The Move Birch will be crawling soon. He's become so much more ...
Today I'd like to revisit a topic I first wrote about five years ago: The Boxed Lunch, Or You Can’t Have It All. I've been thinking a lot about this concept of mindful eating at special occasions (or everyday occasions!) lately as I find myself once again mindlessly (that's the key word!) partaking in all of the courses - apps, drinks, a big dinner, dessert. Because it is normal. Because everyone ...
We got in the pool! A few of them actually. 'Twas the weekend of pool parties. (And yes that's sunscreen all over my face - lol!) Swim dresses were the theme of the weekend. (This one is old school Title Nine!) Friday On Friday afternoon Mazen and I went to Sarah's for a 5th of July party (yes that's a thing!) I didn't take many pics because my phone was tucked away in my pool bag, but we ...
How was your 4th of July?! Did you eat some patriotic overnight oats? Mid-week holidays always throw us off a little bit. It doesn't feel like a Friday! We had a pretty low key holiday. Thomas took off of work, which meant I was able to go to a 9:45 workout class at the gym. A true treat! We had family time at home for most of the day, including having a friend over for Mazen, and then headed ...
